Flat-iron heater



(No Model.)

G. I ROBERTS. FLAT IRON HEATER.

v 110259.722, Paterited me 20, 1882.

N. PETERS Pholo-Lulhogruphur. Washinglun. n. c.

.- UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

enonen f. ROBERTS, on FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

FLAT-IRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,722, dated June 20, 1 882.

Application filed March 10,1ss2. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I. Romances, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to theaccompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a front elevation of my flat-iron holder. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 00 at, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows the clamping device detached. 7

In the drawings, A represents the top plate, and B the bottom plate, of the frame or casing which I employ. At their inner edges they are recessed so that they shall be curved to correspond in shape to the outer surface of the stove to which the device is to be fitted. At the ends there are two pieces, 0 (J, preferably inclined somewhat to the top and bottom pieces, and curved at their inner edges to conform to the face of the stove.

The holder is fastened in place in front of the door of the stove by the following devices: D representsa clamping-hook, which is arranged to pass into the door of the stove and catch against the inner face thereof. With it are combined-pressing or tightening devices, whereby the iron holder may be clamped against the stove. These devices may be of any suitable construction. The form which I have shown consists of a nut, E, adapted to engage with a thread on the shank F of the clamping'hook, and G H are supporting and guiding devices for said hook. The support and guide G is preferably attached to the top and bottom pieces, A and B, and is provided with an aperture, I, which is but little larger than shank F in cross-section. The supporting and guiding piece H is bent or arched and provided with an elongated slot, J, through which passes the threaded part of the shank -.F. When devices of this sort are employed the-hook D may be drawn toward the holder A B O and caused to clamp the same to the stove by means of the nut E, which may be screwed up until it presses against the part H tightly. Preferably the nut is provided with a handle, K, whereby it can be readily ma-' nipulated, and which may be also used to carry the iron-holder, or used to move it intov the desired position.

handle to the body of the flat-iron.

The slot J permits the clamping-hook to be moved up or down to accommodate it to stovefronts of different shapes or thicknesses.

' L represents a door, hinged at or near its upper end to the frame of the iron holder, and adapted to close the front thereof or a portion of said; front. Its lower end extends somewhat below the bottom B of the holder, for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

M is a slot formed in the door. Its width is substantially that of the handle of the ordinary flat-iron, or of the shank which joins the The slot preferably is long enough to extend from the top A ofthe frame of the holder to the bot upward behind the downwardly-projecting.

lower end of the door L, which causes the door to swing upwardly sufficiently to let the body of the flat-iron pass upward behind the door, the handle or shank of the handle of the flat iron passing upward in theslotll/L' The iron is then rested on its lower end on the bottom plate, B, of the holder, the bottom face of the iron being exposed to the fire through the door of the stove.

In order to hold the iron at the proper distance from the fire,I employ an adjustable support. Preferably it is constructed as shown, having an arm, N, arranged to lie in front of the bottom of the iron, and a slotted arm, 0, situated at an angle to the arm N and secured to the door L by the set-screw P, Fig. 1. The set-screw passes through the slot p in the arm, (see Fig. 2,) and is arranged to permit the part N to bemoved nearer to or farther from the door. When there is no iron inserted in the holder at this point it is desirable to have the slot M closed to prevent the escape of heat.

I provide an automatically-operating valve be thrown very much out of the perpendicular. At the lower end the door R is beveled or inclined in one direction, so that the door may be automatically opened by the upward movement of the shank of the handle of the iron. Two or more of these doors may be employed, as shown in the drawings.

Of course it will be understood that many of the devices may be modified without departing from the spirit of my invention. Thus y making the holder square or of box form it may be adapted to fit against a stove with a plane front; and other modifications will readily suggest themselves to those acquainted with the construction and use of such devices.

"What I claim is- 1. In aflat-iron holder adapted to be secured directly in front of an open doorway in the vertical wall of a stove, a fastening device which passes through said doorway and engages with the inside of the stove, substantially as set forth.

2. A detachable flat-iron holder upon which the iron rests and is supported, and which has attached thereto devices, substantially as described, for clamping it to a vertical or downwardly-projectin g wall of a stove.

3. The combination, with the detachable fiatiron holder, of the clamping devices provided with the threaded shank, and a nut adapted to engage with said shank, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the detachable fiatiron holder, of the clamping-hook arranged to swing vertically beforeitist'astened,andmeans, substantially as set forth, for clamping it against the stove.

5. The combination, with the detachable flatiron holder, of the clamp which engages with the stove, the shank which carries the clamp, provided with a screwthread adapted to receive a clamping-nut, and arranged, substantially as described, to prevent its being rotated.

6. The combination, with the detachable flatiron holder, having the upper and the lower plates or walls, A and B, of the supportingpiece G, the clamping device mounted in said supporting-piece, and the outwardly-proj ectin g slotted supporting and guiding piece H, sub stantially as set forth.

9. In a detachable flat-iron holder arranged to have the iron heated while resting on its heel, the combination, with a swinging door, of a stop attached thereto and arranged to bear against the bottom of the iron to prevent its moving inwardly, substantially as set forth.

10. In a fiat-iron holder, the combination, with the bottom support, B, upon which the heel of the iron rests, of the slotted door which swings toward and from the said support, and the stop attached to said slotted door to prevent the flat-iron from movingawaytherefrom, substantially as set forth.

11. In a flat-iron holder, the combination, with the swinging door, of a stop attached thereto which prevents the iron from moving inwardly from the door, and is adjustable relatively thereto, substantially as set forth.

12. In a flat-iron holder, the combination of a vertically-arranged outwardly-swinging door provided with a slot for the handle of the iron, and a laterally-swinging door or valve for said slot, pivoted to the outwardly-swinging door, and constructed, substantially as set forth, to be opened by the handle of the iron while the too or body of the iron is swinging the main door outwardly, and arranged to automatically operate by gravity to close the slot after the iron has been withdrawn.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE I. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

A. H. BI'ITINGER, WILLIAM Tons. 

